Florin Victoria Gothic Date

I have a very worn Queen Victoria Florin, probably the Gothic type, and was wondering if anyone can read the date as only the last 3 characters are left.

Weight 10 to 11 grams

Many thanks

Andrew

I think it's either L I V for 1854 or X I V for 1864 or 1874.

Going to be a tough call.

Look at this…

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I think it's either L I V for 1854 or X I V for 1864 or 1874.

 

Going to be a tough call.

 

Look at this…

 

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I could not make sense of it either but L I  V  for 1854 was my best guess as well.

I googled some images for the:

gothic florin 1854

gothic florin 1864

What is left on chipdale66's coin is without doubt -xiv, so 1864

Thank you all for your help. I agree that it is iv so that gives me a 4, so it is just a question of whether it is an x (so could be x, xx, or xxx so would be 1864, 1874, or 1884) or if it is an l then it would be 1854. I will have to get some more images and try overlapping them  in image processing software after work.

Thanks again.

Andrew

looks like the character is short so would be the x as the l is taller in other photos 

ArnoV

I googled some images for the:

gothic florin 1854

gothic florin 1864

 

What is left on chipdale66's coin is without doubt -xiv, so 1864

Thanks, I agree. In your two photo links the x is smaller than the l, and the x is the same height as the i. With my coin the character is the same height as the i so that would mean it is an x. 

Perhaps rejoiced a little bit too early: it could still be either 1864 (-lxiv), 1874 (-lxxiv), or 1884 (-lxxxiv).

ArnoV

Perhaps rejoiced a little bit too early: it could still be either 1864 (-lxiv), 1874 (-lxxiv), or 1884 (-lxxxiv).

Indeed 😁. 

Might be able to see how long the inscription is as there is a REG still visible at the start of my inscription

The arcs and trefoils on the obverse (7 trefoils below bust) would point firmly to 1884:

The border on earlier dates (1874 shown below as an example) is quite different.

Gothic Florin

The arcs and trefoils on the obverse (7 trefoils below bust) would point firmly to 1884:

The border on earlier dates (1874 shown below as an example) is quite different.

Thank you for that. That is most informative.